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The Celluloid Closet

Overview

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.

RATING

7.3

DIRECTORS

Rob Epstein

Jeffrey Friedman

COUNTRIES

France

Germany

United Kingdom

United States of America

RELEASE DATE

1996

TIME

1h 42m

GENRES

Documentary

History

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The Celluloid Closet

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Lily Tomlin

Narrator (voice)

Tony Curtis

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Susan Sarandon

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Gore Vidal

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Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

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Antonio Fargas

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Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

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John Schlesinger

John Schlesinger

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Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin

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Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents

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Tom Hanks

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Farley Granger

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Quentin Crisp

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Harry Hamlin

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Sharon Stone

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Susie Bright

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Mart Crowley

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Jay Presson Allen

Jay Presson Allen

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Richard Dyer

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Jan Oxenberg

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Paul Rudnick

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Barry Sandler

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Ron Nyswaner

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Daniel Melnick

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Stewart Stern

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Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Self

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